虛堂和尚語錄 3.79

3.79

Ascending the hall on New Year's Day: "Year after year, the cyclical count is never sufficient. A person on the ground of the original allotment is still separated as if by silk gauze. Only the Old Man of the South Pole strikes the heavenly drum three times and, gazing toward the Northern Palace, offers blessings. Why?" Striking the staff, he said: "May our sovereign have ten thousand blessings."